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PERMIT #: M-1978-065 <br />INSPECTOR'S INITIALS: SJM <br />INSPECTION DATE: July 25, 2018 <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />This was a routine inspection conducted by the Division as part of its monitoring of Construction Materials <br />110c permits. The operator, Patrick Sullivan, representing Rio Grande County was present during the <br />inspection, and the site was not active on the day of the inspection. <br />The required permit ID sign was observed posted at the entrance gate to the permitted area. Permit <br />boundary markers were installed at the boundary corners and along the permit boundary. All mining activities <br />are carried out within the boundaries. About 5 acres have been disturbed. <br />The site is clean and orderly. There was no equipment and no fuel stored at the site. No noxious weeds were <br />observed, and the operator reports that monitoring and treatment are carried out annually. <br />The topsoil is very thin at this site, and the subsoil and aggregate are very cobbly with very little clay content. <br />The east and north walls of the pit are graded to approximately 3:1, and though no topsoil has been replaced <br />on them, they are becoming vegetated mainly with Indian ricegrass. There are some small narrowleaf <br />cottonwoods growing in the pit, indicating subsurface moisture, but there is no evidence of seeps or ponding <br />of water. <br />Large stockpiles of pitrun are in the west -central portion of the pit floor, and contain many sweetclover <br />seedlings. There was no stockpile of processed gravel. <br />No problems or violations were noted during this inspection. <br />Responses to this inspection report should be directed to Stephanie Mitchell at the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety, Grand Junction Field Office, 101 South 3rd Street, Room 301, Grand Junction, Colorado <br />81501, phone number (970) 242-5025. <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />